324 78. AMENTlT'EEiE. 



i. Hiandrce. Stam. 2. OatMn-scales soon falling. — Fragiles 

 and Alh<e Borr. 



3. S. frag'iUs (L.) ; 1. lanceolate pointed serrate, stip. J-cor- 

 date, caps, obovate-lanceolate stalked glabrous, stigmas rather 

 thick bifid. — a. S. decipiem (HoiFm.) ; caps, tapering, style 

 longer than the cloven stigmas. E. B. 1937. Branches smooth, 

 highly polished, reddish brown ; 'young shoots often crimson. — 

 p. S.fragilis (ii.) ; caps, oblong-ovate, style short, stig. bifid. 

 JH. B. 1807. Branches round very smooth, brown, brittle in 

 the spring. Crack Willoio. — /3. S. Busselliana (Sm.) ; caps, stalked 

 lanceolate-acuminate, style as long as the bifid stigmas. B. B. 

 1808. L. viridis Fr. ? Branches polished, round, smooth. L. 

 gradually attenuate, very glaucous beneath. Wood and hark 

 highly valuable. Bedford Willow. — Damp meadows and osier- 

 ground. T. IV. V. E. S. I. 



4. S. al'ha (L.) ; 1. elliptic lanceolate glandular-serrate acute 

 silky on both sides when young, stip. minute, caps, nearly sessile 

 ovate acuminate glabrous, style short, stigmas thick recurved 

 bifid.— ^. B. 2430.— Height 50—80 feet. Scales shorter than 

 stam., as long as caps, in a and 3, exceeding them both in y. 

 Branches silky. — /3. 8. ccerulea (Sm.) ; 1. less silky beneath. 

 B. B. 2431. — y. S. vitellina (Sm.) ; branches bright yeUow, I. 

 shorter and broader. K B. 1389.— Wet places. T. V. White 

 Willow. E. S. I. 



ii. Triandrcs. Stam. 3. Catkin-scales persistent. L. lanceo- 

 late approaching to ovate, glabrous. Catkins lax. — Osiers, 

 naturally trees. 



*5. S. unduldta (Ehrh.) ; 1. lanceolate much acuminate serrate 

 glabrous except when young, stip. ^-cordate acute, caps, stalked 

 ovate acuminate, pedicel twice as long as the gland, style long^ 

 stigma bifid, scales very shaggy. — 8. lanceolata Sm., B. B. 1436. 

 — Height 12 — 15 feet. I;, sometimes wavy, often quite silky 

 when young. Germ, glabrous in 8. lanceolata (or downy in 

 the foreign 8. undulata). — Lewes, Suss. Sh. or T. IV. V. E. I. 



6. iS. trian'dra (L.) ; 1. oblong-lanceolate acute serrate gla- 

 brous, stip. ^-cordate blunt, caps, stalked oblong-ovate glabrous, 

 stigma nearly sessile, scales glabrous.—E. B. 1435. — Height 20 

 — 30 feet. Germen not furrowed. ,L. narrowing down to the 

 stalk, somewhat paler beneath, or {8. triandra Curt.) lanceolate 

 wavy paler and glaucous beneath.^^. 8. Hoffmanniana (Sm.) ; 

 1. somewhat rounded below ovate-lanceolate, stip. lai'ger, scales 

 shaggy towards their base. — B. B. 8. 2620. — y. jS. amygdalina 

 (L.) ; 1. oblong-ovate acute rounded below, caps, ovate tumid 



